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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1955
Page
4
La Crosse named among three safest cities in 50 000 to 100 000 population group for 709 consecutive days without a traffic fatality. Police radar enforcement credited for reducing risk and shaping public awareness, with a call to maintain vigilance and safety.
The piece argues Outer Mongolia’s UN membership is tied to Red China policy and Moscow power. It recalls Russia staged a Mongolia revolt, Chiang Kai-shek’s claims, and U.S. tentative package deals de risking vetoes. It warns Nationalists risk losing support by clinging to claims and denying Mongolia’s independence.
Governor Walter Kohler vetoed the Milwaukee congressional district reapportionment act, undercutting top Republican leaders led by Robert L. Pierce and Philip Kuehn. The move fragments party unity and signals possible retirement questions while exposing Republican governance as impulsive and publicly debated.
The editorial argues the United States must reject warlike or appeasement paths with the Soviet bloc. Course three, premised on firmness, independence, and moral principle, is favored, advocating strengthened defense, targeted aid, and economic restraint to outlast Soviet pressure. Time, patience, and moral courage are key.
Washington reports strong signals that the White House Conference on Education will suggest federal help for building new classrooms. The consensus report notes states lack political will to overcome obstacles, while some areas may need outside financing. An economics professor calls the boom era a house of cards ready to topple.
Portraits by James J Metcalfe promotes Christmas Seals as a charity drive that turns pennies into dimes and dimes into dollars, funding tuberculosis research and helping future lungs breathe. It urges readers to buy seals to support the cause and reflects on shared charitable effort.
A London Sunday Times anecdote recounts a meeting on a train with an old gentleman who appears youthful. He claims riotous living since school, smoking heavily, champagne with every meal, and many lovers, admitting his age as 35 to the journalist.
A reader criticizes La Crosse mayoral efforts against Northern States Power Co. and questions rate regulation by the Wisconsin Utilities Commission while defending investor, employee, and company support for La Crosse growth. The letter urges focusing taxpayer funds on local issues rather than attacking a basic industry.
Washington analysis suggests Thomas E. Dewey may loom again if Eisenhower declines a third run. Nixon and Warren touted as potential rivals with Knowland and Taft wing maneuvering, while Dewey’s inner circle eyes New York and possible Warren-Nixon deadlock to influence the outcome.
A critical look at The Anchor Review The Paris Review and The Pocket Book Magazine. It notes editors Melvin J Lasky George A Plimpton Peter Matthiessen Donald Hall and Franklin Watts while praising the international author roster including Koestler Connolly Malraux Kazin Daiches and Silone. It argues the publications offer strong names but lack a clear point of view.
A recap of La Crosse Tribune items from ten, twenty, and thirty years ago. It lists H W Adkins as guest speaker at a sales clinic, H W Harder opening an accounting office, Neess named district director, Frohsian Society officers, Van Ryan boxing event in town, a church addition completion, and local residents returning from Thanksgiving travel.
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